Word Count -Why one size does not fit all ideas?

Word count is one of the guidelines when it comes to publishing.  Whether you’re querying or pitching your new project, the word count is going to be key in those discussions.

But as an author how do you know if a particular idea can be a full novel or a novella? How do you decide it can be expanded?

So some rough numbers here:

100-8000 words – Short story

8000- 40,000 words- Novella

Anything over 55,000- Novel (Except for romance, most genres want word count 70,000 and up for a decent novel)

If you’re like me you will have hundreds of ideas in a week. With a fertile imagination comes a glut of ideas. All of those ideas have a story, some conflict and you have to find the resolution. So how do you distill those ideas and set it to a format with a designated word count. You’ve seen I have all sorts of length of work. Fingers crossed that I can get a novel sold.